Theater: Take a bracing dip with 'The Dixie Swim Club' at Amazing Things

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Aug 1, 2014 at 12:45 PMAug 1, 2014 at 12:45 PM

By Chris BergeronDaily News Staff

Before the summer ends, why not enjoy "The Dixie Swim Club’’ at Amazing Things Arts Center.A poignant comedy about five Southern gal pals who met on their college swim team, the two-hour, two act play will be staged Aug. 1, 2, 3 8, 9 and 10, in the auditorium of the downtown arts center at 160 Hollis St., Framingham.Organized by Framingham Community Theater and ATAC, it was directed by Cindy Bell, of Framingham, with Tibor Toth and L.J. Carroll serving as co-producers.The play opens tonight at 8 p.m., and will also be performed at 8 p.m. on Aug. 2, 8 and 9 and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 3 and 10.Written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, it spans 33 years and, focusing on four weekends, tells the story of five women who meet every August in the same cottage in North Carolina’s Outer Banks to "catch up, laugh, meddle in each other’s lives.’’Carroll described "Dixie Swim Club’’ as "a great show and poignant comedy with some laugh-out-loud moments about the lives of these five women who are friends to the end.’’"I think women and men can relate to a story the sense of camaraderie shared by collegiate athletes at different stages of their lives,’’ she said.Tickets are $25 for adults; $24 for students and seniors; $22 for members; and $13 for children under 12.For info, call 508-405-2787 or visit www.amazingthings.org or www.framinghamcommunitytheater.org.Chris Bergeron is a Daily News staff writer. Contact him at cbergeron@wickedlocal.com or 508-626-4448. Follow us @WickedLocalArts on Twitter or like our Wicked Local Arts Facebook page.